What was so significant about FASA to the interests of small businesses? Here are some of the specific changes that this law made: |
Laws that Affect Government Contracting |
No discussion of government procedures and rules is complete without talking about the basic rulebook for government contracts: the Federal Acquisition Regulation, commonly known as "the FAR." |
OK, so what do you have to do to actually sign that first deal with the government? We have broken down the actions you need to take into ten steps and we will guide you through the process of ... |
You are now ready to get started. You might imagine that the first thing you should do is get out there out and look for all those government buyers and bid opportunities, right? |
Now that you are thinking of your business in terms of the end items that you are capable of providing, you are ready to identify prospective customers: the buying offices within the federal ... |
One way to locate potential government customers is through FedBizOpps (Federal Business Opportunities), the official web site listing of all federal government contracting opportunities and awards ... |
One way to locate government buying offices is to pick up your local phone book, search the blue (or Yellow Pages) under "Government, federal," and then look for a listing for the purchasing ... |
Instead of doing the work yourself, you can subscribe to a "bid matching" service to provide you with leads on bids and prospective customers. The bid service, with your help, will develop a company ... |
This method works much the same way as a bid-matching service, but costs you nothing (you are already paying for it with your tax dollars). Stop in the |